Category: News
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Oncology Times: The Use of Liquid Biopsies in Patients With NSCLC
“Increasingly, medical oncologists work with multidisciplinary teams to diagnose and manage lung cancer cases. Interventional pulmonologists on these teams perform diagnostic workups, obtain tissue biopsies, and play a role in the timely diagnosis and staging of lung cancer (Ann Am Thorac Soc 2015;12(5):742-751). The number of molecular tests that can impact patient treatment is increasing, while…
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The Pathologist: Battling Lung Cancer in the Tobacco Belt
“We can now identify a cancer’s mutations and respond with appropriate therapy without the issues inherent in solid tissue biopsy – not only the delays, but also the intratumoral heterogeneity that is often missed when sampling only one or a few tumor sites.” – Dr. Paul Walker Read the full story.
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Adoption of Liquid Biopsy Tests for NSCLC
From Clinical Lab Products, June 2017 issue.
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Medical Laboratory Observer: Rapid Biomarker Testing for Improved Clinical Decision-making in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
“The clinical course of newly diagnosed, advanced NSCLC can be rapid, with prognoses typically measured in months. Early intervention with appropriately targeted therapies can increase the overall chance of survival, and therefore speed is critical when obtaining biomarker information that might influence the design and initiation of a therapeutic strategy. However, the results from tumor…
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The Future Is Fluid
From GEN: Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News
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Clinical Lab Products: ROS1/RET Now Available in Liquid Biopsy Test
ROS1, RET Now Available in Liquid Biopsy Test
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CGTV: Biodesix, Bioyong, and Lung Cancer Testing in China—Watch the Video
China Television (CGTV) recently produced a story about Biodesix’s recent agreement with Bioyong to bring a version of the VeriStrat test to China. The story includes an explanation of how VeriStrat works, from Dr. Gary Pestano.
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Tests Demonstrate Ability to Stratify Patients Treated with Immunotherapy
Clinical Lab Products magazine
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Biodesix Wins IQ Award for Innovative Company of the Year
Read the story in BizWest magazine